NoveltyBox // gossymer

DreamWidth Layout: Back to Basics

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+ 10 colorschemes

( PREVIEWS )

( Instructions )

( Resources )

I'm doing a few proposals for alternate site schemes at DW and just posting it here in case anyone has any suggestions/opinions on them.

original default site scheme that's on dreamwidth:




alternate site scheme mockup:



variation:


Might end up doing a poll next week with multiple mockups to guage which one is preferred >_> But yeah, I tried to stick with the reds but mainly wanted to reduce the height.

Since people were curious about my coloring in the FMA icons post and since I rarely make icons anyway, here is a Photoshop CS3 action to automatically change the coloring of images (preferably high quality anime screencaps).

I've also added some tips and a mini tutorial on resizing and sharpening.

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And:

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( Download link & directions )

( Additional tips & mini tutorial )

[66] Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    

( The icons )

Heya guys! Been a while since a layout post but have a few things in the works :) Though I did get distracted yesterday by another bit of shiny.

boundary posted a userscript HERE to mintyapple for replacing all the old mini-icons all over the LJ website with prettier stuff (at least for firefox and opera users XD)

I'd forgotten about ljskins and customizing lj styles, but I pulled out my old CSS I'd been working on a year ago and played around with it for a couple of hours. While pretty much all icons will be replaced, I'm more focussed on changing the style. Here's what I got so far for the navigation:

Livejournal view:


My skin at the moment:


I'm not sure if the navbar menu should be black or greyish or an actual color >_> I just wanted it to be very minimalist in style so the focus could be on reading content.

Here's the before and after for the comments area - I still need to replace icons and a gazillion things but :)

Please note, that these customizations would work on all the default LJ pages with Horizon (profile page, homepage, default comment pages etc.).

Any opinions/preferences would be very much appreciated since I'm still a bit iffy on the design elements and font sizing/spacing. Basically, what would you prefer to see when it comes to navigation and comments?

Edit: Oh and if the skin came in multiple colorschemes - what colors would you personally want to use?

No need to specify any width - the table will stretch according to the width of your browser window, just like the new lj profile. You are free to edit the contents of the journal area - add more pictures, leave one of the pages blank, have very little text, whatever.

The only rule is to comment & credit.

Desktop Journal
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( The Codes )

Just a note for people using the following codes...

Fix for Profile Layout: Color Stripes version 2.0

Actually, I'd updated the codes a day or two after posting but forgot to put up a notice.

So, if your friends lists and communitiy lists usernames are currently showing up with underlines, you need to replace a single line of code...

( under the cut! )

Though I know some people are happy the names are showing up with underlines >_> Oye.

Fix for all Bloggish Layouts

I already updated all my Bloggish layout codes, but if you customized them and uploaded them to your own server, then you may notice that when an image is aligned left or right, well, it doesn't align.

( Copy/Paste this code to the end )

However, if y'all are just using the URLs to my stylesheets, y'all don't have to do anything - everything has been updated :)

Style: S2 Bloggish (works on Insane Journal, JournalFen and Livejournal!)
Best view: 800px wide and above
Browsers Tested On: Latest versions of IE, Opera and Firefox
Custom Comment Pages: Yes
Navbar: No

Layout : Showcase
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Features

• Designed specifically for icon journals and graphics communities
• Insane Journal, JournalFen and LiveJournal compatible
• Header + Tags + Links across top to make efficient use of space
• Usernames above entry titles for easy reading
• Entries centered
• Custom comment pages included
• Images for the Linkbar included for BOTH entries and comment pages! (Reply/Edit/Track etc.)
• Tags in scrollbox
• Customizable: change images and colors for background, links, titles etc.!

( Instructions for Insane Journal )

( Instructions for Live Journal & JournalFen )

( Credits )

( To Customize the Layout )

( Answers to questions you may have... )

Did my final profile revamp for a while and here are the codes if anyone is interested.

This version uses one of the Christmas images I shared last year.

No need to specify any width - the tables will stretch according to the width of your browser window, just like the new lj profile.

Also, you are free to edit the profile till it's unrecognizable - do whatever you want with the code.

The only rule is to comment & credit.

Monochrome
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( The Codes )